a few done

01.16.2012

I hopped on my swoon blocks over the weekend. I think I have four finished now. The cutting seemed to take forever and so did the first block, but once I got the hang of it, the blocks come together pretty quick. Although now I think I know why I don’t make too many big quilts (even though I love them so much), the time they consume is just amazing. Kind of makes me crave making garments, somehow they seem more rewarding to me.

I’m liking the way the blocks are looking together the more I make and hopefully I’ll have the finished top by the end of the week depending on how motivated I feel after I put the girls to bed. We’ll see! Are you swooning along?

26 Responses to a few done

What?? You did 4 this weekend? That is amazing. I did my first and I felt like it took all weekend. Of course, it didn’t help that I was drinking wine and watching A Mighty Wind while sewing Saturday night. I used my seam ripper a LOT due to simply not paying attention. It was satisfying to finish even one though. I love your dark rich colors. If you finish by the end of the week Anna i’ll be so mad at you!

They are awesome, Anna! It’s so fun to see all the different fabric variations people are using. Just last night I finally decided on the colors/fabrics for mine. I swore it was going to be stash ONLY – no buying new fabrics – until I saw DSchmidt’s new stuff at JoAnn and I caved. But I only bought 2 greens and one red. They were enough to inspire my color scheme and I pulled the rest from the stash.

Okay.. FOUR already?? I am still trying to figure out my last two of the 18 fat quarters LOL. You are one productive lady! I LOVE the gray crossweave and have been looking at the crossweave colors trying to decide WHICH one for mine! Decisions, decisions, decisions!

that gray crossweave swoon background is inspired!!i’m severely behind in blog reading/commenting with adding knitting to my sewing and crafting mix. but i’m glad i took a few minutes to catch up with your posts here. your living room is beautiful and that heather ross zipper tote is adorable. thank you for being you. i love your work

Ah…yes! I am swooning! I have 2 more blocks to complete. I’m trying a totally different concept….rainbow! Love the way it’s coming out. Need to post more pics into the flickr group soon. Love your darker colors and can’t wait to see the finished quilt